😮 Internet pioneer: IKEA almost decided to become Amazon, before Amazon
In the late 1990s, a Swedish internet pioneer's masterstroke made IKEA into Europe's largest e-commerce business. But he also proposed that IKEA should do the very thing that Jeff Bezos later did with Amazon.
💡 Optimist’s Edge: Electricity too cheap to meter
💡 With storage and the ability to share energy you can get all the electricity you need for a low flat fee, creating a new society.
🎆 2022 was filled with progress and optimistic news
Don't be fooled by all the misery in the regular news feed. 2022 was filled with positive events. Animals making a comeback, AI breakthroughs, plastic being cleared from the oceans, smarter children, and many climate entrepreneurs.
⚡ Nuclear fusion breakthrough: More energy out than in
For the first time in history, scientists have managed to produce more energy from nuclear fusion than what was required for the lasers to drive it.
💡 Optimist's Edge: Famine is not due to a lack of food
Millions of people living in the Horn of Africa are threatened by starvation. The root cause is not drought, conflict or war, but something else.
🚘 Wake up! Self-driving cars are almost here
Negative headlines and pessimism are now trying to fool us that full self-driving is not happening anytime soon. That is wrong.
💡 Optimist's Edge: Launching into space will be 99.9% cheaper
💡 In just a few years, launching rockets into space will become 99.9 percent cheaper than today, opening up space like never before.
😡 The fear mongering news media is ruining our society with anger and sadness
Sorry about the angry headline, but I'm just following the trend. Over the last 20 years headlines in news media have turned more and more negative and angry.
📱 Open for applications: Democracy Tech Entrepreneur Fellowship
The Alliance of Democracies is looking for democracy tech entrepreneurs in Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova or Armenia.